Estimation of efficiency for aged catalysts
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Английский |
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Патент на изобретение |
Номер (11) |
US 8783012 B2 |
Номер заявки (21): |
13/536,914 |
Дата подачи заявки (22): |
28 июн. 2012 г. |
Дата начала отсчета срока действия патента (24): |
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Дата публикации патента (44,45,46): |
22 июл. 2014 г. |
Дата публикации заявки (43): |
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Авторы |
Ukropec R.
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Dubkov A.A.
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Yacoub Y.M.
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Chigapov A.N.
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Carberry B.P.
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Организации |
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Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
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Systems and methods for estimating an efficiency of a catalyst placed in an exhaust path of a combustion engine are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises: ageing the catalyst consecutively at different temperatures for definite time periods; measuring the catalyst conversion efficiency after each ageing step; calculating the ageing factor for each step of the ageing procedure and the accumulative value of the ageing factors for all steps of the ageing procedure; estimating catalyst efficiency correlation factors related to the measured catalyst conversion efficiency for each temperature point and for all ageing conditions; determining a correlation between the catalyst efficiency correlation factors and the accumulative value of the ageing factors; and calculating the conversion efficiency of the aged catalyst based on a predetermined correlation between the accumulative ageing factor and the catalyst efficiency correlation factor.